Jay Bookman

By AJC/DNC Management

January 26, 2009 7:53 PM | Link to this

{{{{But I don’t know how you find someone experienced and knowledgable enough for that position who also isn’t deeply embedded in the culture that helped produce these problems.}}}}

This is “change?”

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By AJC/DNC Management

January 26, 2009 8:13 PM | Link to this

This appointment is utterly ridiculous, the new head of the Internal Revenue Service cheated on his taxes and, get this, actually blamed it on Turbo Tax, yes, the Oblahmi Error is unfolding exactly as I predicted.

Can I now go to an IRS audit and apologize for the tens of thousands of dollars I stole from the government, and then ask the agent for a job?

What a great example we’ve set.

(Yeah, like I don’t know that they would lock my as-s up forever.)

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By Mike

January 26, 2009 8:17 PM | Link to this

Agreed that Geithner’s appointment is problematic, but let’s all move on and let the guy get to work.

By @@

January 26, 2009 8:19 PM | Link to this

Hu among us is thrilled with the confirmation of Geithner?

By getalife

January 26, 2009 8:23 PM | Link to this

His economic team is worrisome but they are out of ideas. More lemon socialism to come.

I think the people of Iceland showed the world how to get real change.

By AJC/DNC Management

January 26, 2009 8:23 PM | Link to this

So did you hear the one about the head of the IRS being a tax cheat……

By Class of '98

January 26, 2009 8:25 PM | Link to this

Meanwhile, NBC has just greenlighted 15 more “Dateline” episodes about Larry Craig tapping his feet in a bathroom.

By Class of '98

January 26, 2009 8:30 PM | Link to this

“You can’t say the opposition was unfounded, not with Geithner’s tax problems. In other times, that alone would have been enough to squelch his nomination”

In my opinion, these are the times when we should be MORE selective and MORE prudent in naming “leaders” to help fix this mess.

Seriously, is there NO ONE OUT THERE that is competent enough to be Treasury secretary other than a man that blatantly cheated on his taxes?

Weren’t some people claiming just a few weeks ago that Hank Paulson’s expertise was absolutely vital, and that only he could solve our problems?

By Hillbilly Deluxe

January 26, 2009 8:40 PM | Link to this

Not only did Timothy Geithner have tax problems, he also was head of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York while all this was festering. He is part of the problem not part of the solution.

On another note, various news agencies are reporting that Richard Fuld, Former Lehman Brothers Head sold his wife his $13 million house in Florida for $100. Some believe this is to try to dodge civil law suits. Is there no end to this stuff?

If somebody doesn’t get a handle on this soon I’m afraid we are going to see something that makes the 1967 riots look tame. For those not old enough to remember, it was troublesome times.

By Eleanor Rigby

January 26, 2009 8:45 PM | Link to this

I completely agree with Class of ‘98. Why didn’t we just get Bernie Madoff? I understand he’s real good with numbers. Why don’t we get O. J. Simpson for Secretary of Defense? This is the world we live in now. Honesty and character are quaint old-fashion customs. Corruption is not only tolerated but celebrated in society today.

By @@

January 26, 2009 8:48 PM | Link to this

(((Weren’t some people claiming just a few weeks ago that Hank Paulson’s expertise was absolutely vital, and that only he could solve our problems?)))

It sho ‘nuff wasn’t me. I didn’t like him either.

When I think back it was the democrats calling for urgency.

They could have gotten the bailout without republicans help. Why the reps had to…………….

never mind.

By fed up

January 26, 2009 8:53 PM | Link to this

If this wasn’t so scary it’d be funny. This guy can now head up the Treasury Department and not much is being said in MSM about it….but when Joe the Plumber owed a few hundred in back taxes it was front page news. Amazing.

By Eleanor Rigby

January 26, 2009 9:00 PM | Link to this

Hillbilly Deluxe, the only end to this will be when there are no taxpayers left because everyone will be tired of working to support Washington and Wall Street. Yes, it will be worse than the 1967 riots. Think more like the French Revolution. What’s the difference between French peasants and modern Americans? We have the right to bear arms and having been exercising that right for over 200 years. They better think about that. So, although I liked Jay’s joke about buying stock in pitch forks, I recommend buying stock in bullets.

By What's funny...

January 26, 2009 9:06 PM | Link to this

…is that all of the Republicans gassing out their outrage over this appointment were the same people who had no problem with inept Bush appointees…FEMA…Horse Breeding?…being confirmed. Not only did they have no problems, they shrieked at the tops of their lungs because “EVIL DEMOCRATS” dared to disagree with THEIR annointed one.

Oh, Right-wing garbage…you were certainly self-righteous when things didn’t go your way…how dare you be so sanctimonious NOW as to suggest that QUALIFICATIONS mean anything.

Strangle on your own vomit, conservative trash.

By @@

January 26, 2009 9:08 PM | Link to this

Mr. High & Mighty, George Soros says WE (I guess that means WE the people) have lost the ability to govern ourselves.

Told you this guy was dangerous.

He’s been awfully quiet of late. ‘Ya reckon Obama told him to keep a low profile?

The New World Order brought to you by George Soros through his “grass roots” fondling in Obama’s campaign.

By @@

January 26, 2009 9:12 PM | Link to this

funny girl:

Pay close attention to the part where Soros mentions that people bought on credit — couldn’t afford to pay cash for their purchases.

Can’t blame me! I’m a cash and carry kinda girl. Just doin’ my part to stimulate the economy. Sure coulda used your help.

By getalife

January 26, 2009 9:17 PM | Link to this

Reading the RW blogs, I think we are getting close to the tipping point.

Told ya this will not end well.

By AJC/DNC Management

January 26, 2009 9:46 PM | Link to this

Aahhh, yes, listen to the libs blame the Republicans.

You nominated a hack and in the spirit of bipartisanship, we confirmed him.

Your bad.

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By bwahahahaha

January 26, 2009 9:54 PM | Link to this

It’s funny when people say “in the spirit of bipartisanship” when A) They are anything BUT bipartisan, and B) The facts show that the vote was anything BUT bipartisan.

I love these right-wing hacks…they worshiped the President and told anyone who didn’t that they were unpatriotic…now, the shoe’s on the other foot and they are attacking the President on every front, and still somehow manage to maintain the moral high ground.

I wish I could be so…flexible.

Right wingers = scum. Suck on it, trash!

By @@

January 26, 2009 9:57 PM | Link to this

Mr. Obama was modest and careful. In a rare slip, he told The Associated Press: “I’m not interested in the suburbs. The suburbs bore me.”

Hey bub……I live in the suburbs as does most of middle America.

That article came out a year ago. It’s funny when you look back.

Kinda shreds the new light that is Obama.

He really wasn’t ALL THAT…..

Hadn’t accomplished much of anything other than his rhetorical flourishes.

Oh well…..

By @@

January 26, 2009 10:00 PM | Link to this

Is it just you?

No Gerald, I was across the pond thinking the same thing.

But alas! It is what it is.

By @@

January 26, 2009 10:09 PM | Link to this

Get a grip, Getalife!

(((Told ya this will not end well.)))

If push comes to shove, the worst I’ll do is electrify the fence around my vegetable garden. My cajun neighbor is the hunter. We’ll provide the veggies and he’ll provide the meat.

Of course, that’s if there’s any electricity to charge the fence. If not, I’ll put my sweet, passive, deaf dog, Buddy out there to watch over the produce.

Don’t mind sharing but won’t tolerate thieves.

By JAY BOOKMAN

January 26, 2009 10:20 PM | Link to this

No @@. The original article that carried that quote came out in 1990, which is not last year unless you happen to be stuck in the first George Bush administration and think Beauty and the Beast is a great new movie.

By @@

January 26, 2009 10:38 PM | Link to this

Well jay, the article I linked to in the NYT was printed in Jan. 2007.

No biggie, except to you…….if that was, in fact, you, jay.

We never know when PoliFore may raise his purple head. He’s now claiming to have been a conservative all along blogging as a liberal.

Like I said over at Wooten’s, I think PoliFore is awash in the wishy.

By @@

January 26, 2009 10:52 PM | Link to this

AND! whoever you are, it doesn’t matter when Obama said it…….I found it to be offensive to all those middle Americans who live in the burbs.

Kinda uppity — like we’re of no consequence.

Would it be alright for me to say that urbanites are plagued by pigeonhole poo?

J/K! I’m off to bed. My job is secure. They’ll be needing me early tomorrow.

By dogs against management

January 27, 2009 12:12 AM | Link to this

Hey, did you hear the one about Andy being a Welcher?

By Dusty

January 27, 2009 12:18 AM | Link to this

Well, my week of waiting for Obama to show his brilliance is about over. CHANGE has already gotten very tiresome!

He proposes to make the national debt bigger than the Grand Canyon when the last “incentive” did nothing. That’s CHANGE?? (“Pork” is now called “incentive”.)

He wants to get us out of Iraq very soon. When? Very soon. Sometime. But we never planned to stay. That’s CHANGE?

He demands ethics and transparency in government and then selects a man for the treasury who acts like a cheat. Let’s call that SMALL CHANGE not worth a nickle. Blago might have been a more ‘ethical’ choice and he’s a lot more entertaining.

Well, Obama is making a little CHANGE. He wants to make sweet talk with every tyrant in the world. Formerly, we thought tyrants were BAD! Now it just takes a few kind words!

Obama is also busy copying Hillary’s health plan that has already been rejected once. That’s CHANGE?

He plans to close Guantanamo in a year or so. Sometime. Guantanamo is just a reward sop for his anti-war-no-mo libs. The little problem with the prisoners will be solved LATER. Much later.That’s the CHANGE?

I tell you, folks, the White House does not need a new pup. It needs a white charger for Obama to ride forth to battle with his plastic sword raised high saying errr “CHANGE”, just like “The Charge of the Light Brigade”. Not a man survived that fiasco.

By AJC/DNC Management

January 27, 2009 5:30 AM | Link to this

{{{{After watching President Obama and his efforts in his first two days, I have come to realize that I have not been living in the USA for the past eight years. It is good to be an American and seeing a country act in the responsible and respectful way we expect our leaders to act.-Urinal Vent}}}}

Submitting Vents now, Bookman?

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By AJC/DNC Management

January 27, 2009 5:37 AM | Link to this

{{{{But Geithner’s gaffes are not all tax related. He tripped up again last Friday when it was discovered that he attacked China in written responses to Senate Finance Committee questions. This caused quite a stir on Wall Street, as gold soared and the dollar fell. Mr. Geithner will be the biggest bond salesman in American history as he attempts to successfully finance what will be trillions of dollars in new debt obligations. That’s why it’s hard to understand how he would poke a stick in the eyes of his biggest banker, namely China, by labeling them a “currency manipulator.”-RealClear}}}}

Bruno called Afghanistan a “narco state,” Reich announced a war against “white male construction workers,” and Oblahmi attacked the largest and most successful media outlet in America.

How long will it be before the nuclear holocaust hits America?

ew

By GodHatesTrash

January 27, 2009 5:51 AM | Link to this

Why are Bookman’s RightWingnuts so scared and p$ssed off?

Well, they’ve had a black man as their president for one whole week!

Boo!

By Taxpayer

January 27, 2009 7:09 AM | Link to this

The remnants of the Republican party are just getting whinier every day, Jay. Their de facto leader, Rush, has gone on the airways and laid the groundwork for future party behavior by stating that he hopes Obama fails. Isn’t life great. The Republican party faithfully obeys Rush all the way to their end. Give ‘em all a cup of grape flavor aid. Come on, Rush. Pass around that pitcher to your loyal brethren. Dusty, @@, Andy, Budwiser, RW…they’re all waiting to take a sip. Just give them the word. They’re your faithful little soldiers.

By Joey

January 27, 2009 7:14 AM | Link to this

Jay’s first kinda-sorta indication that he knows the foxes are in the hen house. And that he helped put them there.

Co-Presidents Obama/Emanual are getting everything that they ask for except the deniability that would come with Republican votes of support.

Worried? Yes. P$ssed off. No.

By Copyleft

January 27, 2009 8:41 AM | Link to this

All this fuss about the man’s qualifications is silly. What matters is his blind, partisan LOYALTY, no matter how unqualified he may be!

…Right, Republicans? (snicker)

By CommunistAJC

January 27, 2009 9:28 AM | Link to this

Taxpayer, you should know all about whining. Seems you’ve been doing it for the last 8 years, hack.

By Suffering Cats

January 27, 2009 12:26 PM | Link to this

Jay -

Get a backbone, man. Typical liberal rationalizing.